The ship was approximately 74 kilometres off the Fraser Coast when the woman had to be rescued.

It is the second time in two months LifeFlight has rescued someone from a ship.

A Chinese crewman was winched from a bulk carrier after suffering abdominal pains in July.

It was also Lifeflight's second rescue that day.

Crews airlifted a 24-year-old man from a property south-west of Bundaberg after he was hit by a falling windmill.

A three-year-old girl was also airlifted from Fraser Island, suffering from a medical condition on Monday night.

It's been a record year for LifeFlight for lifesaving missions with its aeromedical crews, community helicopters and air ambulance jets performing a record 5,252 missions throughout Queensland and around the world.